2015 Research Funding, Books Contribute to Research, Teaching, Engagement

In a significant contribution to research, teaching and engagement at UNC Charlotte, faculty in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences in 2015 published 30 scholarly and creative books that represented subjects as diverse as the College itself.

Most of the books are intended primarily for classroom use or as resources for further research, while several of the books are intended for general audiences.

Faculty published books containing collections of essays and research findings on a variety of topics including bioethics and biopolitics, the science of meetings, religion in a post-sacred society, second language learning, Spanish for the professions, medieval romance, and reading and teaching early modern English texts.

Other books faculty wrote or edited included:

• Textbooks covering global gender studies, scattered field imaging, understanding psychology, and French language films.
• A collection of short stories focused on home, set in urban and rural Arizona.
• A poetry collection.
• A study of pop music, feminism and neoliberalism.
• A narrative on the cultural elements and theoretical foundations of human evolution.
• A book about the importance of recycling to the British war effort during World War II.
• Two books about India, with one examining how railways shaped colonial India and the second considering imperialism in New Delhi in the early 20th century.
• A publication addressing Walt Disney’s literary inspirations.
• A co-edited book on desegregation and resegregation in Charlotte-Mecklenburg schools.
• A co-edited publication covering spatial analysis in health geography.

Faculty in the Department of English had six books on the list, while the Departments of History and Philosophy had five books each. The Departments of Religious Studies and Languages & Culture Studies each had three books and the Departments of Psychology and Sociology had two books each.

Additionally, 90 CLAS faculty participated as a Principal Investigator or Co-PI on one or more research awards received by the College in Fiscal Year 2015. CLAS grant awards of over $10.5 million accounted for over 20 percent of the total external award funding received by the University in FY 2015. Awards were received from 73 different external sponsors. National Science Foundation remains the College’s leading funder with 14 awards, with the U.S. Department of Defense agencies second with 12 awards, and the National Institutes of Health third with nine awards.

The College hosted a reception honoring the faculty in December 2015.